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Ten Years Later

Dumas, Alexandre · Public domain text

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Author
Alexandre Dumas (1802–1870)
Language
English
Subjects
France › History › Louis XIV, 1643-1715 › Fiction
Length
266,193 words · about 18 h 38 min
Sections
104 reader sections · Table of contents
Contents (104)
  1. Opening about 2 min
  2. Introduction about 8 min
  3. 1. The Letter about 13 min
  4. 2. The Messenger about 11 min
  5. 3. The Interview about 10 min
  6. 4. Father and Son about 8 min
  7. 5. In which Something will be said of Cropoli—of Cropoli and of a Great Unknown Painter about 9 min
  8. 6. The Unknown about 9 min
  9. 7. Parry about 8 min
  10. 8. What his Majesty King Louis XIV. was at the Age of Twenty-Two about 16 min
  11. 9. In which the Unknown of the Hostelry of Les Medici loses his Incognito about 16 min
  12. 10. The Arithmetic of M. de Mazarin about 11 min
  13. 11. Mazarin’s Policy about 14 min
  14. 12. The King and the Lieutenant about 7 min
  15. 13. Mary de Mancini about 9 min
  16. 14. In which the King and the Lieutenant each give Proofs of Memory about 15 min
  17. 15. The Proscribed about 8 min
  18. 16. “Remember!” about 16 min
  19. 17. In which Aramis is sought and only Bazin is found about 12 min
  20. 18. In which D’Artagnan seeks Porthos, and only finds Mousqueton about 10 min
  21. 19. What D’Artagnan went to Paris for about 6 min
  22. 20. Of the Society which was formed in the Rue des Lombards, at the Sign of the Pilon d’Or, to carry out M. d’Artagnan’s Idea about 14 min
  23. 21. In which D’Artagnan prepares to travel for the Firm of Planchet and Company about 12 min
  24. 22. D’Artagnan travels for the House of Planchet and Company about 11 min
  25. 23. In which the Author, very unwillingly, is forced to write a Little History about 19 min
  26. 24. The Treasure about 11 min
  27. 25. The March about 13 min
  28. 26. Heart and Mind about 15 min
  29. 27. The Next Day about 10 min
  30. 28. Smuggling about 9 min
  31. 29. In which D’Artagnan begins to fear he has placed his Money and that of Planchet in the Sinking Fund about 11 min
  32. 30. The Shares of Planchet and Company rise again to Par about 9 min
  33. 31. Monk reveals himself about 6 min
  34. 32. Athos and D’Artagnan meet once more at the Hostelry of the Corne du Cerf about 19 min
  35. 33. The Audience about 10 min
  36. 34. Of the Embarrassment of Riches about 8 min
  37. 35. On the Canal about 12 min
  38. 36. How D’Artagnan drew, as a Fairy would have done, a Country-seat from a Deal Box about 31 min
  39. 39. Mazarin’s Gaming Party about 7 min
  40. 40. An Affair of State about 7 min
  41. 41. The Recital about 7 min
  42. 42. In which Mazarin becomes Prodigal about 6 min
  43. 43. Guenaud about 5 min
  44. 44. Colbert about 7 min
  45. 45. Confession of a Man of Wealth about 7 min
  46. 46. The Donation about 7 min
  47. 47. How Anne of Austria gave one Piece of Advice to Louis XIV., and how M. Fouquet gave him another about 12 min
  48. 48. Agony about 14 min
  49. 49. The First Appearance of Colbert about 10 min
  50. 50. The First Day of the Royalty of Louis XIV about 6 min
  51. 51. A Passion about 9 min
  52. 52. D’Artagnan’s Lesson about 9 min
  53. 53. The King about 24 min
  54. 54. The Houses of M. Fouquet about 15 min
  55. 55. The Abbe Fouquet about 9 min
  56. 56. M. de la Fontaine’s Wine about 5 min
  57. 57. The Gallery of Saint-Mande about 7 min
  58. 58. Epicureans about 7 min
  59. 59. A Quarter of an Hour’s Delay about 9 min
  60. 60. Plan of Battle about 6 min
  61. 61. The Cabaret of the Image-de-Notre-Dame about 12 min
  62. 62. Vive Colbert! about 10 min
  63. 63. How M. d’Eymeris’s Diamond passed into the Hands of M. D’Artagnan about 11 min
  64. 64. Of the Notable Difference D’Artagnan finds between Monsieur the Intendant and Monsieur the Superintendent about 10 min
  65. 65. Philosophy of the Heart and Mind about 6 min
  66. 66. The Journey about 9 min
  67. 67. How D’Artagnan became acquainted with a Poet, who had turned Printer for the sake of printing his own Verses about 12 min
  68. 68. D’Artagnan continues his Investigations about 11 min
  69. 69. In which the Reader, no doubt, will be as astonished as D’Artagnan was to meet an Old Acquaintance about 9 min
  70. 70. Wherein the Ideas of D’Artagnan, at first strangely clouded, begin to clear up a little about 10 min
  71. 71. A Procession at Vannes about 10 min
  72. 72. The Grandeur of the Bishop of Vannes about 14 min
  73. 73. In which Porthos begins to be sorry for having come with D’Artagnan about 16 min
  74. 74. In which D’Artagnan makes all Speed, Porthos snores, and Aramis counsels about 9 min
  75. 75. In which Monsieur Fouquet acts about 11 min
  76. 76. In which D’Artagnan finishes by at length placing his Hand upon his Captain’s Commission about 10 min
  77. 77. A Lover and his Mistress about 8 min
  78. 78. In which we at length see the true Heroine of this History appear about 10 min
  79. 79. Malicorne and Manicamp about 8 min
  80. 80. Manicamp and Malicorne about 9 min
  81. 81. The Courtyard of the Hotel Grammont about 12 min
  82. 82. The Portrait of Madame about 11 min
  83. 83. Havre about 7 min
  84. 84. At Sea about 11 min
  85. 85. The Tents about 15 min
  86. 86. Night about 8 min
  87. 87. From Havre to Paris about 14 min
  88. 88. An Account of what the Chevalier de Lorraine thought of Madame about 13 min
  89. 89. A Surprise for Madame de Montalais about 14 min
  90. 90. The Consent of Athos about 6 min
  91. 91. Monsieur becomes jealous of the Duke of Buckingham about 14 min
  92. 92. Forever! about 9 min
  93. 93. King Louis XIV. does not think Mademoiselle de la Vallière either rich enough or pretty enough for a Gentleman of the Rank of the Vicomte de Bragelonne about 10 min
  94. 94. Sword-thrusts in the Water about 13 min
  95. 95. Sword-thrusts in the Water (concluded) about 13 min
  96. 96. Baisemeaux de Montlezun about 13 min
  97. 97. The King’s Card-table about 14 min
  98. 98. M. Baisemeaux de Montlezun’s Accounts about 15 min
  99. 99. The Breakfast at Monsieur de Baisemeaux’s about 9 min
  100. 100. The Second Floor of la Bertaudiere about 12 min
  101. 101. The Two Friends about 12 min
  102. 102. Madame de Belliere’s Plate about 8 min
  103. 103. The Dowry about 11 min
  104. 104. Le Terrain de Dieu about 13 min

The opening of Introduction

In the months of March-July in 1844, in the magazine Le Siecle, the first portion of a story appeared, penned by the celebrated playwright Alexandre Dumas. It was based, he claimed, on some manuscripts he had found a year earlier in the Bibliotheque Nationale while researching a history he planned to write on Louis XIV. They chronicled the adventures of a young man named D’Artagnan who, upon entering Paris, became almost immediately embroiled in court intrigues, international politics, and ill-fated affairs between royal lovers. Over the next six years, readers would enjoy the adventures of this youth and his three famous friends, Porthos, Athos, and Aramis, as their exploits unraveled behind the scenes of some of the most momentous events in French and even English history.

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